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( 1 ) OJ NO L 159 , 17 . 6 . 1981 , P . 3 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3199/81

OF 9 NOVEMBER 1981

INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA , OPENED FOR THE YEAR 1981 , FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON AND FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 28 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE DRAFT REGULATION SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS BY ITS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1597/81 ( 1 ), THE COUNCIL OPENED , FOR THE YEAR 1981 , AND ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES A DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON AND FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE VOLUME OF WHICH WAS FIXED AT THE PROVISIONAL LEVEL OF 60 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS THE BENEFIT OF THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION WAS EXTENDED BY THE SAME REGULATION , UP TO THE LIMIT OF 20 % OF ITS VOLUME , TO IMPORTS OF FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING A QUANTITY OF BETWEEN 3 AND 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON ;

WHEREAS IT CAN BE ESTIMATED FROM THE ECONOMIC DATA NOW AVAILABLE ON CONSUMPTION , PRODUCTION AND IMPORTS BENEFITING FROM OTHER PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS THAT COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES COULD , DURING THE CURRENT YEAR , REACH A LEVEL HIGHER THAN THE VOLUME OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA ; WHEREAS IN ORDER NOT TO DISTURB THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE MARKET FOR THIS FERRO-ALLOY AND TO ENSURE PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT IN SALES OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION AND SATISFACTORY SECURITY OF SUPPLIES TO THE CONSUMING INDUSTRIES , IT IS APPROPRIATE TO LIMIT ANY INCREASE IN THE QUOTA VOLUME TO THE VOLUME OF 5 000 TONNES ;

WHEREAS , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE LOW VOLUME OF THE ENVISAGED INCREASE , A DEFINITIVE ALLOCATION OF THIS VOLUME SHOULD BE MADE AMONG THE MEMBER STATES IN PROPORTION TO THEIR FORESEEABLE NEEDS FOR IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1597/81 FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , SHALL BE RAISED FROM 60 000 TO 65 000 TONNES .

ARTICLE 2

THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME OF 5 000 TONNES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AS FOLLOWS :

// // TONNES //

BENELUX // 318 //

DENMARK // 1 //

GERMANY // 1 989 //

GREECE // 1 //

FRANCE // 1 216 //

IRELAND // 1 //

ITALY // 844 //

UNITED KINGDOM // 630 //

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE SEVENTH DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 9 NOVEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

K . BAKER